page_title: FN Herstal
section_title: Weapons
hierarchical_section_title: FN Herstal / Weapons
context_page_description: Fabrique National Herstal, self-identified as FN Herstal and often referred to as Fabrique National or simply FN, is a leading firearms manufacturer located in Herstal, Belgium, owned by the holding company Herstal Group which is in turn owned by the regional government of Wallonia. It is currently the largest exporter of military small arms in Europe.
  Herstal Group also owns U.S. Repeating Arms Company and Browning Arms Company. FN America is the American subsidiary of FN Herstal; FN America was formed by the merger of FN's previous two American subsidiaries: FN Manufacturing and FNH USA.A United Kingdom based manufacturing facility FNH UK is now also in operation.
  Firearms designed and/or manufactured by FN include the Browning Hi-Power and Five-seven pistols, the FAL, FNC, F2000 and SCAR rifles, the P90 submachine gun, the M2 Browning, MAG and Minimi machine guns: all have been commercially successful. FN Herstal's firearms are used by the militaries of over 100 countries.
caption: United States sailor fires an M240B, a U.S. version of the FN MAG, adopted for infantry use in the 1990s
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